Paul Thurrott has posted yet another
look at Windows Vista. Ever since the first alpha and beta releases
of Longhorn/Vista hit the web, Paul has been giving us regular
updates on the progress of the operating system. Paul's articles are
usually for the most part positive with a little hint of negativity
thrown in where appropriate.

Paul's latest
article though lays everything out on the line when it comes to
Vista. Now that Vista is supposedly feature complete and many things
will stay as is when the final product ships, promises that Microsoft made in regards to features in the
operating system, usability issues and application blunders are now
fair game. Here, Paul rants about missing features that Microsoft promised:

There are so many more
examples. But these two, WinFS and virtual folders, are the most
dramatic and obvious. Someday, it might be interesting--or depressing,
at least--to create a list of features Microsoft promised for Windows
Vista, but reneged on. Here are a few tantalizing examples: A real
Sidebar that would house system-wide notifications, negating the need
for the horribly-abused tray notification area. 10-foot UIs for
Sidebar, Windows Calendar, Windows Mail, and other components, that
would let users access these features with a remote control like Media
Center. True support for RAW image files include image editing. The
list just goes on and on.

I must say, I've tried and tried to
give Vista more than a second glance. I've tried every beta release
that Microsoft has issued, but every time I find myself being less
productive and utterly frustrated using the operating system compared
to Windows XP. Fortunately, it looks like Microsoft has a few more months to get some of these issues under control.

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I can see it now... loads of kiddies with Halo 2 but no vista to play it on.

Really, who is going to be interested in a dated game Like Halo 2 running an all new expensive (if you want a decent edition ) operating system with UT2007 or Crysis to run on XP.

I really think Microsoft is going to have to rethink the now DX10 for Xp idea when you consider how long ME was lingering on in the face of the vastly superior xp (and 98 but thats another argument). I dont think vista offers anything for the non-enthusiast and i think outside such ploys as DX10 and Halo 2 there is no compelling reason for anyone else.